Caught my first snapping turtle early this spring. This is a common snapping turtle not an alligator snapping turtle. Although small, it would definitely do some damage if it were to bite you. Watch the release at the end of the video, really cool footage of the turtle swimming away and poking its head above the water!🐢 • • • #snappingturtle #turtle #reptile #fishing #outdoors | Fishlikemike

🐢 Cookie - A Common Snapping Turtle: The Ultimate Opportunist! Ever wonder what makes the Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) one of nature’s most successful survivors? It’s all about the diet! 🍽️ Watch Cookie show off those lightning-fast reflexes in 10X slow motion as he takes down a hornworm. In the wild, these turtles aren’t picky eaters—they are the definition of opportunistic omnivores. If they can catch it, they will eat it. What’s on the menu? Snapping turtles will eat almost

The common snapping turtle is a species that lives in freshwater. Their natural habitat extends from southeastern Canada, to the Rocky Mountains, northeast close Nova Scotia and south all the way to Florida. They are omnivores, and their diet consists of plants, insects, worms, snakes, fish and small animals. Currently, the Common Snapping Turtle is not considered a vulnerable species. Their cousins, the Alligator Snapping Turtles, are a threatened species in Texas, and some other states have im

The Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) is the most feared turtle in the world after the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) which gets a lot larger. This fear comes from stories, legends, or people who handled the animal incorrectly causing the animal to defend itself. This Common Snapping Turtle was found in a small man made pond near a neighborhood. This pond is highly populated by Common Snapping Turtles, Amphiuma, Bull Frogs & their tadpoles, Leopard Frogs, Banded Wa